Speech as Process.

Byrnes, Heidi

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ERIC Number: EJ363557

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Speech as Process.

Byrnes, Heidi

Foreign Language Annals, v20 n4 p301-10 Sep 1987

Advocates a "process" viewpoint of language use for second language proficiency testing and explores its potential for greater insights from five perspectives: text linguistics and discourse analysis; interlanguage; expectancy; negotiation and interaction; and communication strategies. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis, Interlanguage, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Language Usage, Oral Language, Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Speech Acts, Suprasegmentals

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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